Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Prepare yourself

The best time to build a shelter from the rain is when the skies are clear. The best time to prepare is long before the need.

The important file you’ve been working on will very likely be okay when you open it again tomorrow. But you don’t know that for sure, and it’s a good idea to spend a few seconds saving a backup.

You can plan carefully, work diligently, and hope for the best. Nonetheless, things will sometimes go wrong, and when they do it’s best to be prepared.

Creating a viable contingency might seem like a waste of time and resources, because in an ideal world it won’t be utilized. Yet the day may come when you’d be in big trouble without it.

You can’t prepare for everything, yet you can be well prepared for many of the challenges that could suddenly block your path. Look ahead from where you are and ask yourself, what might happen and what could be done right now to mitigate the negative impacts?

It’s far better to prepare and not need it than to be caught unprepared. When the day is warm and the sun is shining, prepare yourself well for when it’s not.

— Ralph Marston

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